The German national team was eliminated from the 1 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship due to yesterday's 5:2019 defeat against the Czech Republic. The DEBHowever, the selection looks back on an extremely successful tournament: Five wins from seven games The national team made it to the preliminary round. New record! Never before had a German national team achieved this number of victories in the preliminary round of a World Cup. The goal set in advance – the direct one Qualification for the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing 2022 – the team of national coach Toni Söderholm had already made it perfect before the fifth preliminary round game.
The DEB-Selection ultimately proves that sixth position at the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship – this is the best final position at a World Cup since the tournament in 2010 in their own country. The great performances at this year's World Cup are also having an impact World rankings from: There the national team overtakes Switzerland and will be in the upcoming rankings seventh position .
Franz Reindl, DEB-President: “Yesterday we were very close. Little things made the difference. I would like to thank our team, national coach Toni Söderholm and the entire delegation for a great World Cup. We can be very satisfied with sixth place and direct Olympic qualification and can go home with pride.”
Stefan Schaidnagel, DEB-Sports Director: “The 2019 World Cup can be described as the next step in the development of German ice hockey. We have been able to confirm and expand the trend of the last four years and are in a qualitative position to compete in world ice hockey. Sixth place in the final ranking, reaching the quarter-finals and direct Olympic qualification must be an incentive for us to work in even more detail. National coach Toni Söderholm’s start has been more than successful and we draw an extremely positive conclusion!”
The next tournament for the German national team will take place in Krefeld from November 7th to 10th, 2019. At the Deutschland Cup In the YAYLA ARENA, the team of national coach Toni Söderholm will face Slovakia, Russia and Switzerland. Tickets for the tournament are available at www.deb-online.de/tickets, at the box office of the YAYLA ARENA Krefeld and at the Fanshop that Krefeld Pinguine, at all Eventim ticket offices or by telephone on 01806 – 992201 (0,20 euros/call incl. VAT from the German landline, max. 0,60 euros/call incl. VAT from the German mobile network).